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Dorantes Longtail Urbanus dorantes

Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus

Horace's Duskywing Erynnis horatius

Long-tailed Skipper Urbanus proteus

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Mangrove Skipper Phocides pigmalion

Monk Skipper Asbolis capucinus

Obscure Skipper Panoquina panoquinoides

Sachem Atalopedes campestris

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Salt Marsh Skipper Panoquina panoquin

Three-spotted Skipper Cymaenes tripunctus

Tropical Checkered-skipper Pyrgus oileus

Whirlabout Polites vibex

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Pieridae

Barred Yellow Eurema daira

Checkered White Pontia protodice

Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae

Dainty Sulphur Nathalis iole

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Dina Yellow Eurema dina

Great Southern White Ascia monuste

Large Orange Sulphur Phoebis agarithe

Little Yellow Eurema lisa

Orange-barred Sulphur Phoebis philea

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Lycaenidae

Atala Eumaeus atala

Cassius Blue Leptotes cassius

Ceraunus Blue Hemiargus ceraunus

Eastern Pygmy-Blue Brephidium pseudofea
My favourite U.S species (so far!). Also the equal smallest species in North America (with Western Pygmy-Blue) - about half the size of a Small Blue.

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Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus

Mallow Scrub-hairstreak Strymon istapa

Oak Hairstreak Satyrium favonius

[David M]

More delectable species on display in that sequence, Celery.

I'm sure you must get bored by most of the UK's native butterflies?

[bugboy]

...I'm sure you must get bored by most of the UK's native butterflies?

Go and wash your mouth out David

[celery]

Well David, I certainly not bored of UK species (I don't think you ever forget your first love ) but I do get bored of waiting for them to appear again. Which is why most of my foreign species shots are from holidays taken out-of-season.

I find nothing raises the spirits more than a bit of sunshine, warm temperatures and the flitting of butterflies during the depths of what would be the English winter.

Papilionidae

Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes

Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor

Polydamas Swallowtail Battus polydamas

Zebra Swallowtail Protographium marcellus

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Nymphalidae

Carolina Satyr Hermeuptychia sosybius

Common Buckeye Junonia coenia

Gulf Fritillary Araulis vanillae

Julia Dryas iulia

Malachite Siproeta stelenes

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Mangrove Buckeye Junonia evarete

Monarch Danaus plexippus

Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos

Phaon Crescent Phyciodes phaon

Queen Danaus gilippus

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Ruddy Daggerwing Marpesia petreus

Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia

Viceroy Limenitis archippus

White Peacock Anartia jatrophae

Zebra Heliconius charitonius

That shallot!

[David M]

Well, what can I say?

You must build up a fair few air miles, Celery? I agree with your statement regarding having to wait for UK species to emerge. In a perfect world we would all indulge in a little 'globe-trotting' to keep us sane in the northern hemisphere's winter months.

Thanks for sharing. You've shown us a wonderful selection of butterfly species.

[celery]

Thanks David

And yes, I do feel guilty about all the travelling - but I guess we're all a little culpable there just as soon as we get in the car to go to the local nature reserve...

...and I might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb

Spent some time tidying up the garden yesterday (Sunday 2nd April) in the company of 2 Small Torts, a male and a female Brimstone, a Comma, a Peacock and this rather lovely male Orange Tip.

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First Holly Blues of the year in my garden yesterday. Two males - this one keen to keep in tip-top condition for the pending arrival of the female of the species...

still not seen a Small or Green-veined White this year...